L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer Lou Reed will join the increasingly impressive lineup for the Escape to Plastic Beach tour, which star-studded concept band Gorillaz is bringing to the Gibson Amphitheatre on Wednesday night. The former Velvet Underground singer will join Gori... more info

Altsounds — *Gorillaz* have confirmed that *Lou Reed* will join them one more time on the Escape To Plastic Beach tour, appearing with D*amon Albarn*, *Jamie Hewlett *and crew October 27 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. This the second time Reed will j... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about surprise cameos. Sticking with the unexpected, this week we're looking for songs where the outcome of a situation is in doubt"Ladies and Gentlemen ... Mr Elton John!"I love that line, it's one of my all-time favourites. The su... more info

Guardian Music — Collaboration might not seem the most natural thing to expect from musicians, raging egotists that so many of them are, but pop is littered with fine examples of itCredit where it's due. For a bunch of raving, deluded egotists, musicians do seem rema... more info

All About Jazz — Laurie Anderson brings "Delusion," her latest work of multimedia performance art and music, to UCLA's Royce Hall on Thursday. She's based in New York with her rock musician husband, Lou Reed, and blind rat terrier, Lolabelle, who played piano at t... more info

All About Jazz — On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Philharmonic presents "Music from Bang on a Can," a night of works by renowned postmodern composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon that's part of the Phil's Green Umbrella new music series. Among the five mu... more info

Nialler9 — Gorillaz did a live at Letterman full-length gig last week after their regular song. It’s 45 minutes long. Click into the more for the aired performance. Lou Reed played ‘Some Kind of Nature’ with them live last week: more info

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Stereogum — Gorillaz did “Rhinestone Eyes” on Letterman Friday night. It worth watching from the introduction, where the band’s hurried soundchecking interrupts Letterman several times. If you were in the audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater, you also got a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Bao Nguyen "If anyone tells you the Gorillaz show at MSG on Friday was anything less than incredible, they're lying to you. Some bands you wish to see in their earlier stages, but now is the time to... more info